Using image texture to map farmland field size: A case study in Eastern Europe

Journal of Land Use Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 85-107

  Kuemmerle, T ^a,b   Hostert, P ^b   St Louis, V ^a   Radeloff, V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural fragmentation; Carpathians; Image texture; Land cover modifications; Land reform; Land use change; Land use pattern; Parcelization; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FRAGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND REFORM; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 61349130090     PISSN: 1747423X     EISSN: 17474248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17474230802648786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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